John Thompson: The Two Ways in Ancient Egyptian Religion and Israelite Temple Theology

2:30

Avram Shannon: Consecration and Sacrilege in Early Rabbinic Judaism

3:00

15-minute break

3:15

Stephen Smoot: The Symbolism of the Cupped Hand in Ancient Egypt and Israel: Iconography, Text, and Artifact

3:45

Thomas Wayment: Recovering the Language of Purity after the First Revolt

4:15

Matt Roper: “Fixed and Unmovable”: Joseph Smith and the Eternal Nature of the Priesthood

4:45

Closing

The above schedule is subject to change up to the time of ​(i.e., maybe the day or even hour before) the conference.

We certainly hope that many of you will be able to attend some, most, or even all of this conference, which (I’m confident) will offer much that’s of interest.

The temple, in its ancient and modern manifestations, is one of our principal interests at the Interpreter Foundation, and we intend to pursue temple studies even more vigorously in the future than we already have.

In this connection, however, it might not be inappropriate to mention that we have published several books on the subject of the temple, as well as on other, related, topics: